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SKODA OCTAVIA1998 · 1.6L PETROL

S985 JSS

Vehicle Insight Summary

Considering this 1998 SKODA OCTAVIA? It's a PETROL with a 1595cc engine showing 72,824 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's not currently taxed. View the full DVLA history below.

MOT

Expired

Expires 12/06/2008

Tax

SORN

Statutory Off Road Notification

Mileage: 72,824
Fuel: PETROL
Year: 1998
Engine: 1595cc

Expert AI · Mechanic's Insight

This vehicle has not had an MOT in the past 5 years and may no longer be on the road. Automatic AI analysis has been skipped.

Free vehicle health score

/ 100 · Poor

Public record health check: Poor.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

! Tax Status Unknown

! Average MOT pass rate (50%)

✗ 1 dangerous defects found recently

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Stolen

Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

Locked

Imported

Locked

Exported

Locked

Scrapped

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Destruction

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V5C Logbook

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Full MOT History

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

This 1998 Skoda Octavia (S985 JSS) has a recorded MOT history spanning from June 2006 to June 2007, with 4 MOT tests on record.

Historically, this vehicle has passed 50% of its MOT tests, totaling 2 passes against 2 fails. Given the frequent MOT failures, it is worth checking if major repairs have been properly addressed.

The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Windscreen (1 issue), Lighting (1 issue), Suspension (1 issue), Brakes (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

A total of 3 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Brakes imbalanced across an axle (3.7.B.5b)”; “Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)”; “Nearside Rear Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.5c)”.

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PASS

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